How did the recession affect the more entrepreneurial functions of the local state? Economic development was one of few areas …
Update of my July data brief on the public sector impacts of COVID-19, with October data
This brief summarizes the Great Recession’s impact on public employment and the public sector job losses driven by the COVID-19 …
To build support for a cause, activists frame issues in ways they think will resonate with the public. UC Berkeley …
Low pay for teachers has received significant national attention, but having a diverse teaching workforce is also critical for improving …
People who have been arrested, convicted of a crime, or incarcerated face many barriers to employment. While much of the …
Recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and extremely prolonged. It was tempting to conclude, at various points, that …
The Great Recession caused significant hardship for many U.S. families. Safety net programs—some of which were expanded during the recession …
The Great Recession devastated local labor markets and the national economy. Ten years later, Berkeley researchers are finding many of …
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Janus v. AFSCME in favor of the plaintiff, a local government worker who …
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is now the primary anti-poverty program in the U.S., but it has not kept …
Detroit is the urban question America has been asking itself for decades. Over the past century, the city has symbolized …
#MeToo and #TimesUp protests about the treatment of women in the workplace have brought renewed attention to gender pay equity. …
Across the world’s most industrialized economies, the financial crisis of 2007 caused a contraction of state budgets and stimulated attempts …
The Great Recession unleashed a wave of fiscal stress in the USA, with austerity measures such as spending cuts, service …
The Great Recession officially ended in the United States in 2009, but the implications for city governments continue to unfold. Austerity measures implemented by …
Sara Hinkley and Fiona Hsu
Executive Summary
An analysis of 122 audits of state economic development programs in 44 states reveals a …
A Grassroots Guide to Investigating Development Subsidies
with Greg LeRoy
Since No More Candy Store was published in 1994, the grassroots movement …